I have often wanted a minimal installation of a Linux distribution and been disappointed that the installer didn't provide it. There are many different "minimals". Here is a list.
Truly minimal, providing little more than a kernel and filesystem. No interactive shell or console support. Getting additional things on the OS is probably done by booting a different operating system and mounting the file system.
Same as previous, but also providing shell and console.
Same as previous, but also providing dpkg or rpm so arbitrary additional packages may be installed manually.
Same as previous, but enough configuration so the internet works, and apt or yum is installed.
Minimal, but with a minimal amount of X.
Variations of above except for paraVMs. The kernel is outside so does not need to be installed.
Variations of above except for chroots. The idea of futzing with the contents of a filesystem from outside a chroot makes more sense.
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